Fishing Lure

ABSTRACT

A fishing lure shaped like a snake that mimics the undulating, swimming action of a snake. It incorporates this original action into an extremely versatile lure specifically designed to be fished on water&#39;s surface, under water&#39;s surface, diving, bouncing around on floor bottom, and swimming back up to surface simply by adjusting rod position/retrieval speed. Furthermore, consisting of not only replaceable (soft plastic) snake bodies, but replaceable (soft plastic) lizard bodies and replaceable (soft plastic) frog bodies as well that all attach to the same hard plastic head and neck via a snap-on/squeeze-off connection. Furthermore, it&#39;s design enables each body to have it&#39;s own swimming action. The snake body, aforementioned, undulates like a real snake swimming. The lizard body wiggles and sways like a real lizard swimming. And the frog body wobbles and kicks it&#39;s legs like a real frog swimming.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is a principal object of the invention to provide a fishing lure inthe shape of a snake that mimics exactly the live, swimming action of asnake, of which has never been done before. In addition, it incorporatesthis original action into an extremely versatile lure specificallydesigned so it can be fished on top of the water's surface, just underthe water's surface, as a diving lure, a lure that bounces around on thefloor bottom, and a lure that swims back up to the surface simply byadjusting rod position and retrieval speed. The lure can be fished sodiversely because of the way it is designed. First of all, the entirelure is buoyant at standstill. The shape, size and angle of thediving/wobble lip and wobble wings as well as the specific location andsize of the balance weight and weed less treble hook eyelet andone-piece tie on rod enables the lure to have the widest possible wobbleof the head and neck which causes the soft plastic body to undulatewhich in turn causes entire lure to mimic exactly the live, swimmingaction of a snake. Also, the fact that the weed less treble hook hangsdown acting like a weighted, mobile axis for the wobble gives it aunique swaying (rolling) motion in addition to the wide wobble. Not onlyis the placement of the weed less treble hook crucial to it's swimmingaction, it's also perfectly placed due to the fact that 95% of all fishstrikes are struck at the head. And it suspends down a specific distancefrom the lure so it can easily hook the fish that strike at it.Obviously, the weed less treble hook itself keeps lure from gettingsnagged and enables lure to be fished just about anywhere.

Lure can be fished on top of the water's surface with a very slowretrieval and rod tip pointed straight up in the sky. The undulatingmotion of the lure on the waters surface makes a very enticing commotionfor Bass and all other game fish. Lure can be fished bouncing off thefloor bottom with a fast retrieval and rod tip pointed down towards thewater. This also makes for a very enticing commotion on the floorbottom. From this position, lure can be swum up to the surface simply byslowing down the retrieval and pointing the rod tip straight up into thesky. All the other mentioned ways of fishing this lure can be done withslight variations of these two. Swimming the lure just under the surfacecan make for a very smooth undulating motion by retrieving slowly withrod tip pointed at approximately a 75-degree angle from the waterssurface. User can make the lure dive by pointing rod tip out parallelwith waters surface while retrieving at a medium speed. Adding anoccasional pause in retrieval to all of the methods of swimming thislure can add to the enticing effect for the game fish.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a fishing lure thatis essentially three lures in one. Since the head and neck of snakes,lizards and frogs are so similar this lure will not only havereplaceable snake bodies, but it will have replaceable lizard bodies andreplaceable frog bodies as well that will all attach to the same hardplastic head and neck. This will enable increased versatility. Forexample, when a fisherman is retrieving the lure as a snake and misses astrike, said fisherman can quickly swap out snake body for frog body andcast back to the same place and has greatly increased the odds ofgetting another strike from that same fish. Furthermore, the shape anddesign of the soft plastic bodies enables each of the three bodies tohave their own, unique and original swimming motion that mimics exactlythe real thing. The snake body, as I mentioned, undulates just like howa real snake swims. The lizard body wiggles and sways just like how areal lizard swims. And the frog body wobbles and kicks it's legs justlike how a real frog swims.

This lure can be made fairly simply and inexpensively. The hard plastichead and neck can be made out of mold injected hard, buoyant plastic.The diving/wobble lip and wobble wings can be cut out of commonPlexiglas and secured to the head or it can be made as part of the hardplastic head and neck using only one mold. The weed less treble hook,eyelets, balance weight, and colored rubber band are just standard partsthat can be purchased and added at assembly. The one-piece tie on rodwill be made out of metal rod and will be added adhesively at assemblyor will be placed in mold just prior to hard plastic injection if ismade as actual part of hard plastic head and neck. The replaceable softplastic bodies will be injection molded onto hard plastic snapon/squeeze off connection attachment that enables the soft plasticbodies to be easily replaced via snap on\squeeze off connector. When thesoft plastic body tears or becomes worn down it can simply and quicklybe swapped out for a new body via snap on\squeeze off connector. It isdesigned it such a manner that the soft plastic body butts right upagainst the hard neck of the head making it appear as if it is onepiece, a whole snake. The soft plastic bodies of the lizard and frogwill extrude up past the end of the female snap on\squeeze offconnector. And thus when connected, the arms of the lizard and frog willbe closer to the head, making it very realistic. The arms of the lizardand frog are secured close to the body by a colored rubber band bysimply rolling the rubber band up under the armpits of the said lizardand frog. When fisherman is done using said lizard or frog body hesimply rolls the rubber band back down the trunk of the body and thensqueezes the snap on\squeeze off connector to release body from hardplastic head and neck.

The body of the lure can be painted and dyed with “glow in the dark”vivid colors that enable it to stand out and to be seen easily in darkerwaters or in darker areas like under brush and overhangs and under andaround boat docks, etc. This will also enable this lure to be a veryeffective fishing lure at night.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present drawing may be more readily described with reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1. is a side view of the fishing lure in accordance with thepresent invention.

FIG. 2. is a top view of the fishing lure of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3., FIG. 4., and FIG. 5. are top views of said lure showingpreferred soft plastic bodies connected to hollow, hard plastic head andneck.

FIG. 6., FIG. 7., and FIG. 8. are top views of said lure showingpreferred soft plastic bodies standing freely not connected to hollow,hard plastic head and neck.

FIG. 9. is a top view of said lure showing hollow, hard plastic head andneck standing freely not connected to preferred soft plastic bodies.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Referring to the FIGs., a fishing lure in accordance with the presentinvention is shown at 10. Lure 10 includes a hollow, hard plastic headand neck 12 molded from a lightweight buoyant hard plastic to resemble,externally, the head and neck of a snake/frog/lizard. For ease ofassembly hard plastic head and neck 12 may be made with abutting, upperand lower halves (not shown) that are adhesively sealed together.Internally, hard plastic head and neck 12 is hollow and is provided witha specifically located indention on bottom wall to adhesively securespecifically sized balance weight 14.

Diving/wobble lip 16 is a specific size and shape and extrudes from hardplastic head and neck 12 at a specific angle and may be made as part ofhard plastic head and neck 12 as same material or added later atassembly and made of common Plexiglas or comparable. Wobble wings 18 area specific size and shape and extrude out from diving/wobble lip 16 asshown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 and will be made out of same material asdiving/wobble lip 16 as they are one piece.

One-piece tie on rod 20 with known split rings 22 attached on each sideextrudes through said diving/wobble lip 16 and may be secured to saiddiving/wobble lip 16 as part of mold or may be adhesively added atassembly.

Weed less treble hook 24 suspends from one-piece tie on rod 20 via splitring 22. Split ring 22 on opposite side of one-piece tie on rod 20 iswhere fishing line is to be tied.

Plastic male snap on/squeeze off connector 26 extrudes from said hardplastic head and neck 12 and may be made out as part of mold of hardplastic head and neck 12 or may be adhesively added at assembly.

Plastic female snap on/squeeze off connector 28 may be molded from alightweight buoyant plastic. Plastic female snap on/squeeze offconnector 28 may be placed in mold of soft plastic snake body 30/softplastic lizard body 32/soft plastic frog body 34 as they are poured soas to securely fasten together. Or plastic female snap on/squeeze offconnector 28 may be adhesively connected to inside of soft plastic snakebody 30/soft plastic lizard body 32/soft plastic frog body 34 atassembly.

Soft plastic snake body 30 is to be molded from a lightweight buoyantsoft plastic to resemble, externally, that of a snake body. Soft plasticlizard body 32 is to be molded from said lightweight buoyant softplastic to resemble, externally, that of a lizard body. Soft plasticfrog body 34 is to be molded from said lightweight buoyant soft plasticto resemble, externally, that of a frog body. Soft plastic lizard body32/Soft plastic frog body 34 come with same color rubber band fittingsnugly around lower trunk of body and are to be used as previouslymentioned above.

While the invention has been described with a high degree ofparticularity, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art thatmodifications may be made thereto. For example, the body of the lureneed not be made strictly in the shape of a snake/lizard/frog but may beprovided with any desired configuration as well. Therefore, it is to beunderstood that the present invention is not limited to the solecreature bodies described above, but encompasses any and all creaturebodies within the scope of the following claims.

1. A fishing lure, comprising: a hollow, hard plastic head and neck; adiving/wobble lip that extrudes from said hard plastic head and neck; awobble wing that extrudes from said diving/wobble lip; a wobble wingthat extrudes from other side of fore mentioned said diving/wobble lip;a one-piece tie on rod with known split rings on each side extrudesthrough said diving/wobble lip; a weed less treble hook suspended fromsaid diving/wobble lip via said split ring connected to said one-piecetie on rod.
 2. A fishing lure, comprising: a hollow, hard plastic headand neck; a balance weight on bottom wall inside said hollow, hardplastic head and neck.
 3. A fishing lure, comprising: a hollow, hardplastic head and neck; a plastic male snap on/squeeze off connector thatextrudes out from said hollow, hard plastic head and neck; a plasticfemale snap on/squeeze off connector that easily snaps on and squeezesoff of said plastic male snap on/squeeze off connector; a soft plasticlure body that resembles a snake/lizard/frog that adheres to saidplastic female snap on/squeeze off connector.